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Cremation
King Diamond
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King Diamond: Cremation
transcribed by: Russ Elton : mercyfuldiamond@yahoo.com
Langus : tlange@polbox.com
FIND EVERY MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND SONG AND
THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SONG AT:
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Date last modified: 02-08-01
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WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU.
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|--0-7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Riff 1
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2 x2
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|---------------2-----1-|
E|--0--------------------|
x2
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|---------------4-----3-|
A|--2------------2-----1-|
E|--0--------------------|
Riff 2
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * **** * * * * * *
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-2222-1-1-1-1-1-1-1111-1-1-1-1-1-1------|
E|-----------------------------------1111-|
**** * * * * * * **** * * * * * * ****
Riff 3
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4--3--|
A|---2--2--------2--2------2--1--|
E|---0--0--------0--0------------|
Lead into next section:
e|--------------------------|
B|--12-11-------------------|
G|--------------14-13--9-10-|
D|--------11-12-------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 4
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------------------------9-10-|
D|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------7--8-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 5
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 3 x2
e|--------------------------|
B|--12-11-------------------|
G|--------------14-13--9-10-|
D|--------11-12-------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5
Riff 6
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------4--3-|
A|--2--2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--1-|
E|--0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0---------|
Guitar 3 (Comes in after awhile) x2
e|-----------------------------------|------------|
B|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|---------17-|
G|-----------------------------------|-----16-----|
D|-----------------------------------|-14---------|
A|-----------------------------------|------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------|
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5
Play Riff 4
Play Riff 5
Riff 7 (Play twice)
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4--3--|
A|---2--2--------2--2------2--1--|
E|---0--0--------0--0------------|
Guitar 3
e|--------------------------|
B|--12-11-------------------|
G|--------------14-13--9-10-|
D|--------11-12-------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Riff 8
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|---2--2--------2--2----|
E|---0--0--------0--0----|
Guitar 3
e|--------------------------|
B|--12-11-------------------|
G|--------------14-13--9-10-|
D|--------11-12-------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Ending (not sure about this part):
Guitar 1
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|--8----|
E|--6----|
Guitar 2
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|--8----|
A|--7----|
E|-------|
Then this comes in again:
Guitar 1
e|--7p0-8p0-7p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------|
B|--12-11-------------------|
G|--------------14-13--9-10-|
D|--------11-12-------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
End.
notation:
^ = bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r = bend and release
x = mute with fret-hand
* = mute with palm-hand
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
ah = artificial harmonic
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill
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